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TI-2020-11749 Aliases CVE-2020-14938GHSA-j5q7-qjw7-5vfw

An issue was discovered in map.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2.

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in map.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. It assumes lengths of data sets read from saved game files. It copies data from a file into a fixed-size heap-allocated buffer without size verification, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01584 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freedroid:freedroidrpg:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 rc2VulnerableFreedroid
  • cpe:2.3:a:freedroid:freedroidrpg:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Freedroid

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-14938
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j5q7-qjw7-5vfw

References

  • TI-2020-11750 An issue was discovered in savestruct_internal.c in FreedroidRPG 1.0rc2. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

Sources